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Secondary Education - Spanish

Effective Fall 2009

Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Spanish must declare majors in both Spanish and Secondary Education (Spanish) and complete the full Spanish course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.

A total of 121 credits are required for a Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a specialization in Spanish. Required courses include:

Spanish

SPANISH.203 Spanish III

SPANISH.204 Spanish IV

SPANISH.206 Structure of the Spanish Language (SPANISH.250 Spanish for Heritage Speakers I replaces for Spanish speakers or advanced language students the required course SPANISH.206)

SPANISH.207 Conversation and Composition I

SPANISH.214 Hispanic World Culture and Civilization

SPANISH.305 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation.

SPANISH.306 Conversation and Composition II (SPANISH.350 Spanish for Heritage Speakers II replaces for Spanish speakers or advanced language students the required. course SPANISH.306)

SPANISH.402 Advanced Conversation

SPANISH.403 Advanced Structure and Composition

SPANISH.420 Spanish Literature

SPANISH.421 Spanish American Literature

Electives 3 Credits Minimum by Advisement - Substitution with these courses requires chair approval

Note: A student exempted from a required course must substitute the course with an advanced elective in Spanish with the chair’s approval:

SPANISH.208 Spanish for Health Professions
SPANISH.209 Spanish for Social Services
SPANISH.210 Commercial Spanish
SPANISH.211 Spanish Culture and Civilization
SPANISH.212 Spanish American Culture and Civilization
SPANISH.213 Hispanic Culture and Literature
SPANISH.221 Spanish Culture through Film
SPANISH.222 Spanish American Culture through Film
SPANISH.281-9 Special Topics
SPANISH.290 Study Abroad
SPANISH.331 Literary Analysis
SPANISH.390 Internship in Spanish
SPANISH.422 Hispanic Theater and Poetry
SPANISH.430 Hispanic Short Story
SPANISH.490 Independent Study

Secondary Education

EDFOUND.206 Teachers, Schools and Society

EDFOUND.251 Psychological Foundations of Education

EDFOUND.291 Principles of Teaching

EDFOUND.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment

EDFOUND.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience

EDFOUND.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience

LANGCULT.350 Foreign Language Methodology and Research

SPECED.275 Linking Assessment

SPECED.358 Methods of Instruction

Choose one of the following three courses:

EDFOUND.204 Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning
EDFOUND.350 Instructional Design Systems
EDFOUND.351 Virtual Learning Communities

Choose one of the following two courses:

EDFOUND.393 Social Foundations of Education
EDFOUND.406 Multicultural Education

General Education

Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:

ENGLISH.101 Composition I

ENGLISH.201 Composition II or a Writing Intensive Course:

ENGLISH.131 The Bible as Literature
ENGLISH.151 Introduction to Literature
ENGLISH.152 Literature and Society
ENGLISH.156 Popular Literature
ENGLISH.226 European Literature I
ENGLISH.227 European Literature II
ENGLISH.236 American Literature I
ENGLISH.237 American Literature II
ENGLISH.246 British Literature I
ENGLISH.247 British Literature II
ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature I
ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature II

Choose one of the following two courses:

COMMSTUD.103 Public Speaking
COMMSTUD.104 Interpersonal Communication

A mathematics course

ANTHRO.200 Principles of Cultural Anthropology

AUDSLP.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or

PROFSTUD.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods

PSYCH.101 General Psychology

PSYCH.212 Adolescent Psychology

SPECED.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals

Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy. Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology.